This week, the SON Office of Research Support and Consultation unveiled a new Creativity Suite. The Center, which is located in 2700 Carrington Hall (a room generously named by the Copernicus Group IRB), was designed to promote innovation and encourage collaboration.

Nursing homes are widely used by Medicare beneficiaries who require rehabilitation after hospital stays. But according to a recent study led by a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, a high percentage of Medicare patients who are discharged from nursing homes will return to the hospital or the emergency room within 30 days.

Assistant professor Cheryl Woods Giscombé, PhD, PMHNP,was invited to speak at a TEDx event held at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) in Durham, NC. Her talk, “Take the Time,” focused on the importance of self-care.

A cultural exchange between the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing at King’s College London brought nurse researcher Jill Maben, PhD, MSc, to campus in December.